Synopsis
Kyra always wanted to save the world. When she left high school, she inspired her brother, her partner and her friend to raise $12,000 to build a health clinic in the Ethiopian Desert. She soon realises that building a clinic won't save the world. So what next?
Rebelling against the aid machine, Kyra decides to do things her own way. Her brother, Aidan is also in on the plan. The film follows Kyra and Aidan for the next 4 years as they struggle with the reality of starting their own aid organisation. Kyra wants to genuinely connect with the community and Aidan wants to give it a crack, "we are young a bit frivolous, but that's all part of the learning curve..."
Filmed and Directed by Sieh Mchawala
Produced by Jeni Lee
Written by Jeni Lee and Sieh Mchawala
Edited by David Banbury, Jeni Lee and Sieh Mchawala
Sound edit by Russell Alexander
Original music composed by Sands Johal and Tom Harrer
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The Barefoot InitiativeBarefoot initiative is a Non Government Organisation (NGO) that has grown out of the initiative of a group of three young Australians interested in the sustainable development of marginalised communities. Our name 'Barefoot Initiative' is symbolic of our goal to work closely with communities at a ground level assisting them in realising their ideas for development.
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Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA)APDA is a local Afar NGO founded in 1993. APDA is focused at modeling social development within the constraints of pastoral lifestyle and environment to counteract the extreme parameters of poor health and social and economic disempowerment.
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Afarfriends in SwedenAfarfriends in Sweden is a humanitarian organisation whose main purpose is to spread information about the Afar people who live on the horn of Africa, and inform about their situation. It is also our goal, however, to engage in various types of development assistance projects in order to tangibly improve the Afar people's standard of living.
